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Part One: The End of an Era

Friends, gather 'round. Take a comfy seat, and grab a tissue. I have some sad news for you, and I hope you'll still continue to read along after you find this out.

Ready?

It turns out that the days of the cake terrorist (a.k.a. "Enjoy") are near an end. I found out today that she'll be leaving us on February 25th.

No more apologies for breathing.

No more "Forgive me, I'm sorry, enjoy!"

No more sorry-ass brownies.

Truth be told, these things really ended for me when I got my new job and moved into my new office, but to know their potential is ending as well... (deep breath) All I can say is:

WOO HOO!

(so I'm an awful person. read on. you know you want to.)
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Part Two: An Inbox Delight

This is slightly past its prime (i.e., last week) but my friend Rhonda sent it to me and I find it funny nonetheless:

This is a year where both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur in the same week. It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.---------------------------------
Part Three: Call the Olympic Committee!

While in Colorado this weekend, I saw a woman in the park rollerblading with her baby in a carriage. I think perhaps she's invented a new sport: Strollerblading.
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Part Four: Poetry Corner

I've had some enormous personal triumphs in the past couple of days, but I am not quite ready to discuss them publicly yet. One thing I will say is I'm involved in a situation where I could easily have beaten myself up at a number of points, and made the conscious choice not to go there. In discussing this with my friend Jon this morning, he wisely pulled out a quote from John Donne, which sums us up quite well (and by "us" I mean "those of us who have ever given ourselves a hard time for not being who/what/where we think we're supposed to be") :

"Nothing but man of all envenom'd things
Doth work upon itself with inborn stings."
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Part Five: Alternative Holidays

Not in the mood to celebrate Valentine's day? Why not do a combo number on all the February holidays? Do Lincolntine's day. Washingdents' Day. Or my favorite, Valenhog's Day. (Complete with a built-in mascot... Cupig!)